Anna

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[edit] Etymology

The Latinate and New Testament form of Ann, from Ἄννα (Anna), equal to the Hebrew female name חנה (Hannah) of Old Testament, meaning "grace, gracious".

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Singular
Anna

Plural
-

Anna

  1. A female given name periodically popular as a variant of Ann in English.
  2. Ann, the apocryphal mother of Virgin Mary.
  3. (Biblical) A prophetess who saw the infant Jesus .

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  • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Luke 2:36:
    And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
  • ~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
    Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me.
  • 1986 Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall 1987, ISBN 081614169X, page 183:
    His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. "Len," he said. "A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that."

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

[edit] Czech

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Anna f.

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.
  2. (Biblical) Anna, the prophetess.

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[edit] Dutch

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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[edit] Finnish

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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[edit] French

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Anna (f)

  1. A female given name, a Latinate variant of Anne.

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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Anna

  1. A female given name. Hungarian equivalent of Ann, Anne, Anna.

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Declension of the word Anna.
singular
nominative Anna
accusative Önnu
dative Önnu
genitive Önnu
Other words with the same declension


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Anna (f) (Ö-nn-u, -)

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.



[edit] Italian

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.
  2. (Biblical) Hannah; Anna, the prophetess.

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.
  2. (Biblical) Anna, the prophetess.

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[edit] Polish

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Anna f.

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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Singular Plural
Nominative Anna Anny
Genitive Anny Ann
Dative Annie Annom
Accusative Annę Anny
Instrumental Anną Annami
Locative Annie Annach
Vocative Anno Anny

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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Anna

  1. A female given name, cognate to Ann.

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[edit] Swedish

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Anna

  1. A female given name,cognate to Ann.

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